Posted September 27, 2014 With wich card I can crossfire an MSI r9 270x HAWK, I mean, in the event that i cannot get another HAWK which will be the best option???? CPU AMD A10-5800K Trinity 32nm Technology RAM 16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 MOBO Gigabyte Technology G1.Sniper A88X GPU ATI AMD Radeon R9 270x Series (MSI HAWK) Storage 2TB SAMSUNG HD322HJ ,2TB Hitachi HDS721025 ,500GB Seagate ST35004, 120 GB PNY SSD XLR8 OS Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 27, 2014 Any other 270X. I'm almost 100% that a 270 (non X) would also work. Asrock 890GX Extreme 3 - AMD Phenom II X4 955 @3.50GHz - Arctic Cooling Freezer XTREME Rev.2 - 4GB Kingston HyperX - AMD Radeon HD7850 - Kingston V300 240GB - Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB - Chieftec APS-750 - Cooler Master HAF912 PLUS osu! profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 27, 2014 Any other 270X. I'm almost 100% that a 270 (non X) would also work. Youd have to underclock the 270x to get it to work with the 270, or overclock the 270 Personal Rig v3: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X | Noctua NH-U14S | Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro ITX | Zotac GTX 2070 8GB | 16GB G-Skill Trident DDR4 3200MHz | EVGA Supernova 750B | Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX Peripherals: Sennheiser HD518 & Classic ModMic | Corsair K65 Luxe | Zowie EC2 | ASUS VG259QM | ASUS VG278E | Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 27, 2014 it will not matter what brand it it as long as its a 270x it will be fine e.g. i'm running a Sapphire 7970 and a MSI R9 280x l Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.5Ghz l Asus VII Ranger ROG l MSI GTX 970 @ 1555MHz l PC PART PICKER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 27, 2014 Author so i can get the Gigabyte 270x, match the clock speeds and i am good to go CPU AMD A10-5800K Trinity 32nm Technology RAM 16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 MOBO Gigabyte Technology G1.Sniper A88X GPU ATI AMD Radeon R9 270x Series (MSI HAWK) Storage 2TB SAMSUNG HD322HJ ,2TB Hitachi HDS721025 ,500GB Seagate ST35004, 120 GB PNY SSD XLR8 OS Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 27, 2014 so i can get the Gigabyte 270x, match the clock speeds and i am good to go Yes. The thing about matching clock speeds... I don't think it's mandatory requirement, but a suggested requirement. I'm running two HD 7970's right now. One is factory overclocked to 1050/1500, and the other one is the bare reference speed of 925/1375. Looking at GPU-Z, both are running at their own individual speeds. The faster one doesn't clocked itself down to match the slower one, etc. I'm sure there is a performance hit, but that is not my point. My point is, they will run in Crossfire regardless of clock speeds. When I got my brother's PC and new HD 7950, I threw it into my system to run in Crossfire "for testing purposes." I didn't experience any issues, even thought hey are clocked at different speeds. Again, in this scenario, the HD 7950 is factory overclocked. Intel Z390 Rig ( *NEW* Primary ) Intel X99 Rig (Officially Decommissioned, Dead CPU returned to Intel) i7-8086K @ 5.1 GHz Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master Sapphire NITRO+ RX 6800 XT S.E + EKwb Quantum Vector Full Cover Waterblock 32GB G.Skill TridentZ DDR4-3000 CL14 @ DDR-3400 custom CL15 timings SanDisk 480 GB SSD + 1TB Samsung 860 EVO + 500GB Samsung 980 + 1TB WD SN750 EVGA SuperNOVA 850W P2 + Red/White CableMod Cables Lian-Li O11 Dynamic EVO XL Ekwb Custom loop + 2x EKwb Quantum Surface P360M Radiators Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum + Corsair K70 (Red LED, anodized black, Cheery MX Browns) AMD Ryzen Rig AMD R7-5800X Gigabyte B550 Aorus Pro AC 32GB (16GB X 2) Crucial Ballistix RGB DDR4-3600 Gigabyte Vision RTX 3060 Ti OC EKwb D-RGB 360mm AIO Intel 660p NVMe 1TB + Crucial MX500 1TB + WD Black 1TB HDD EVGA P2 850W + White CableMod cables Lian-Li LanCool II Mesh - White Intel Z97 Rig (Decomissioned) Intel i5-4690K @ 4.8 GHz ASUS ROG Maximus VII Hero Z97 Sapphire Vapor-X HD 7950 EVGA GTX 1070 SC Black Edition ACX 3.0 20 GB (8GB X 2 + 4GB X 1) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHz Corsair A50 air cooler NZXT X61 Crucial MX500 1TB SSD + SanDisk Ultra II 240GB SSD + WD Caviar Black 1TB HDD + Kingston V300 120GB SSD [non-gimped version] Antec New TruePower 550W EVGA G2 650W + White CableMod cables Cooler Master HAF 912 White NZXT S340 Elite w/ white LED stips AMD 990FX Rig (Decommissioned) FX-8350 @ 4.8 / 4.9 GHz (given up on the 5.0 / 5.1 GHz attempt) ASUS ROG Crosshair V Formula 990FX 12 GB (4 GB X 3) G.Skill RipJawsX DDR3 @ 1866 MHz Sapphire Vapor-X HD 7970 + Sapphire Dual-X HD 7970 in Crossfire Sapphire NITRO R9-Fury in Crossfire *NONE* Thermaltake Frio w/ Cooler Master JetFlo's in push-pull Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD + Kingston V300 120GB SSD + WD Caviar Black 1TB HDD Corsair TX850 (ver.1) Cooler Master HAF 932 <> Electrical Engineer , B.Eng <> <> Electronics & Computer Engineering Technologist (Diploma + Advanced Diploma) <> <> Electronics Engineering Technician for the Canadian Department of National Defence <> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 27, 2014 Yes. The thing about matching clock speeds... I don't think it's mandatory requirement, but a suggested requirement. I'm running two HD 7970's right now. One is factory overclocked to 1050/1500, and the other one is the bare reference speed of 925/1375. Looking at GPU-Z, both are running at their own individual speeds. The faster one doesn't clocked itself down to match the slower one, etc. I'm sure there is a performance hit, but that is not my point. My point is, they will run in Crossfire regardless of clock speeds. When I got my brother's PC and new HD 7950, I threw it into my system to run in Crossfire "for testing purposes." I didn't experience any issues, even thought hey are clocked at different speeds. Again, in this scenario, the HD 7950 is factory overclocked. that is correct, you dont have to match the clock speeds, but your setup will only run as fast as the slowest card so you might as well keep them at the same clock. Rig Specs: AMD Threadripper 5990WX@4.8Ghz Asus Zenith III Extreme Asrock OC Formula 7970XTX Quadfire G.Skill Ripheartout X OC 7000Mhz C28 DDR5 4X16GB Super Flower Power Leadex 2000W Psu's X2 Harrynowl's 775/771 OC and mod guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/232325-lga775-core2duo-core2quad-overclocking-guide/ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365998-mod-lga771-to-lga775-cpu-modification-tutorial/ ProKoN haswell/DC OC guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/ "desperate for just a bit more money to watercool, the titan x would be thankful" Carter -2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 27, 2014 so i can get the Gigabyte 270x, match the clock speeds and i am good to go yea my 7970 and 280x has different speeds so i just OCed the both to the same speed l Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.5Ghz l Asus VII Ranger ROG l MSI GTX 970 @ 1555MHz l PC PART PICKER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 28, 2014 You do not have to match the clocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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